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Copyright & Pattern Use

How you can use All About Crochet's free patterns, how to share them fairly and how to report copyright concerns.

Last reviewed September 13, 2026
On this page
  1. Using our patterns
  2. Sharing our work
  3. Our respect for designers
  4. Reporting a concern
  5. Found our work elsewhere?

Free doesn't mean copyright-free. Every pattern, tutorial, illustration and PDF on All About Crochet took real work to create, and is protected by copyright.

Using our patterns

You're welcome to:

  • make anything from our free patterns for yourself or as gifts;
  • sell finished items you make from our patterns — a credit is appreciated;
  • print patterns for your own personal use.

Please don't:

  • copy, republish or translate our patterns, text or images, in part or in full;
  • share or sell our PDFs, or include them in other products, bundles or courses;
  • remove credits or present our work as your own.

Sharing our work

We love it when you share! You may share a link to any page with one image and a credit to All About Crochet. Pinning our patterns to Pinterest using the share button is always welcome.

Our respect for designers

We only publish patterns that are original, commissioned or shared with explicit permission. We don't publish patterns of trademarked or copyrighted characters without a license.

Reporting a concern

If you believe content on this site infringes your copyright, please email akramafkir@gmail.com with:

  1. a description of the work you believe is infringed;
  2. the URL of the page on this site;
  3. your name and contact details;
  4. a statement that you believe in good faith the use is not authorized;
  5. a statement that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the owner or authorized to act for the owner;
  6. your physical or electronic signature.

We review every notice promptly and remove content where appropriate.

Found our work elsewhere?

If you see our patterns or images published without permission, we would be grateful if you could email akramafkir@gmail.com with a link.